Affirmative Action in China?

Affirmative action...uh, diversity...is alive and well in China, a distorted fun house mirror image of its application in the USA according to Isaac Stone Fish writing in Foreign Policy. Referring to an article, "Rent a White Guy" in The Atlantic, Stone writes that this liberal reviled US male is valued in China because

a Chinese company will employ a foreigner part-time to sit near the front of an office or to join in on meetings because it apparently adds a level of sophistication.

There is no mention if being 1/32nd Jewish and/or white and/or male with low cheekbones and family lore of this background qualifies. Looks are apparently important. If interested please apply to...

Oh, Elizabeth Warren need not apply.

Affirmative action...uh, diversity...is alive and well in China, a distorted fun house mirror image of its application in the USA according to Isaac Stone Fish writing in Foreign Policy. Referring to an article, "Rent a White Guy" in The Atlantic, Stone writes that this liberal reviled US male is valued in China because

a Chinese company will employ a foreigner part-time to sit near the front of an office or to join in on meetings because it apparently adds a level of sophistication.